On June 11, 2002 02:43 pm, Perry Greenfield wrote:
> Yet on the other hand, it is undeniably convenient to use
> repr (by typing a variable) for small arrays interactively
> rather than using a print statement. This leads to 3 possible
> proposals for handling repr:
>> 1) Do what is done now, always print a string that when
> eval'ed will recreate the array.
>> 2) Only give summary information for the array regardless of
> its size.
>> 3) Print the array if it has fewer than THRESHOLD number of
> elements, otherwise print a summary. THRESHOLD may be adjusted
> by the user.
>> The last appears to be the most utilitarian to us, yet
> 'impure' somehow. Certainly there are may objects for which
I vote for number 3, and have no hang-ups about any real or perceived
"impurity". This is an issue that I deal with daily.
Scott
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